Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?

2014-09-07 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
Hi Vikram, I meant that the SIG system is similar to the User Group system. In the SIG affiliation is to the Chapter and in the User Group, the affiliation is to WMF directly. The need for direct affiliation is felt because the Chapter does not seem to be democratic (as you call it).

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?

2014-09-07 Thread Vikram Vincent
HI, On 7 September 2014 11:38, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: I meant that the SIG system is similar to the User Group system. In the SIG affiliation is to the Chapter and in the User Group, the affiliation is to WMF directly. The need for direct affiliation is felt

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?

2014-09-07 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
Hi, The activity of the Chapter and the User Groups should flow to forward the movement. Chapter is not democratically elected by the Community. It is a subset of the Community, recognised by WMF. There is a large Community member pool who are not Chapter members, whose membership stands

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?

2014-09-07 Thread Vikram Vincent
Hi, Doing a bit more analysis on your suggestion. On 7 September 2014 13:15, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: The activity of the Chapter and the User Groups should flow to forward the movement. It does not appear that way. Your suggestion seems to point to a more

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2014-09-07 Thread Paigham AFAQUI
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?

2014-09-07 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Sep 6, 2014 8:03 AM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: About a year ago there was some interest in creating a Mediawiki India group but met with opposition from the chapter. Is there currently a restriction on creating user groups independent of the chapter? It would be good to